Archives for: December 2009, 22

12/22/09

Birtukan Mideksa
Ethiopia - Birtukan Mideksa is nazret.com's Person of The Year
Ethiopian prisoner of conscience, Birtukan Mideksa, is nazret.com's Person of The Year for 2009. Two thousand three hundred seventy two readers participated in the poll… more »

Ethiopia - Who is Dr. Berhanu Nega?
Dr. Berhanu Nega is born in Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia in 1958, he attended Addis Ababa University where he participated in the student movement against the ruling Derg government in his freshman year. When the governm… more »

Ethiopia - Profanity at the Helm of Diplomacy: The Moral Decay of Meles Zenawi
Ginbot 7 Statement
Last week, during the UN's human rights review session on Ethiopia, the United States' Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Douglas M. Griffiths… more »

Meles Zenawi, the Man Who Sold Ethiopia Turns His Eyes on Africa
22 December 2009
Ginbot 7 Statement
In August 2009, when African leaders selected Ethiopia’s notorious dictator to represent Africa in the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Gin… more »

Dr. Berhanu Nega
Five sentenced to death in Ethiopia assassination plot trial
Source: AFP
ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Tuesday sentenced five senior opposition figures to death and 33 other people to life imprisonment for plotting… more »